There’s one thing odd taking place on the StarCraft website. Whereas the content material nonetheless options StarCraft Remastered, which launched again in 2017, the web page now appears to be glitching out, with varied parts, photographs, and textual content blocks flickering on-screen randomly. Might Blizzard be teasing a new StarCraft recreation?
That might make sense. A report earlier this 12 months stated that Blizzard had partnered with Korean gaming large Nexon to develop a new StarCraft shooter. Blizzard declined to touch upon the matter on the time, and the partnership stays unconfirmed, however a report yesterday from South Korean newspaper Chosun (via Wccftech) reaffirms that Nexon is searching for a license to develop a new StarCraft recreation.
In the meantime, Blizzard might have been working by itself new StarCraft recreation, as per a 2024 job posting for an “upcoming open-world shooter.” Stories from that point urged the title was in growth at Blizzard, led by former Far Cry govt producer Dan Hay, who joined the corporate in 2022.
One other level of proof is that BlizzCon returns on September 12 after a three-year hiatus, and Blizzard will undoubtedly need to make a splash there with huge information past its ongoing franchises. There’s additionally a conspicuous hour-long hole on BlizzCon’s day-one mainstage programming, whereas all different panels solely have quarter-hour of downtime between them. Certain looks as if the place for one thing that will get introduced through the opening ceremonies.
StarCraft as a franchise has sat dormant since 2017’s remaster of the unique recreation, which can rejoice its thirtieth anniversary in 2028. StarCraft 2 launched in 2010, with its subsequent expansions concluding in 2015. In the meantime, legendary vaporware third-person shooter StarCraft: Ghost was introduced in 2002 and ultimately confirmed to be cancelled in 2014.
I can not confirm precisely how lengthy the glitch impact on the StarCraft web site has been dwell, however I have not seen anybody speaking about it but, and the most recent Wayback Machine capture of the web page from simply over a week in the past would not present the impact (although I can not be certain if the Wayback Machine would correctly seize and present it).
It is unclear if this tease is expounded to Blizzard’s personal recreation, the one from the Nexon partnership, if these two video games are one in the identical, if both of them are StarCraft 3, or not one of the above. IGN has reached out to Blizzard for touch upon each the tease and the Nexon partnership, and can replace this text if we hear again.
Both means, BlizzCon is simply over a week away, so a formal announcement could possibly be simply on the horizon.
Bo Moore is IGN’s Senior Supervisor of Tech. You will discover him on-line @usebomswisely.